Aid deliveries to Gaza appeared to ramp up on Sunday following the first phase of a ceasefire there, as the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it would shutter its aid distribution sites in the southern Strip over the coming days, during the release of the hostages.

The Israeli defense body in charge of humanitarian aid in Gaza, COGAT, has said that the amount of aid entering the Gaza Strip is expected to ramp up from Sunday to around 600 trucks per day — the amount the UN has said is needed to feed Gaza amid the war.

Egypt said it was sending 400 trucks carrying aid into Gaza on Sunday. The trucks will have to be inspected by Israeli forces before being allowed in.

An Israeli security official confirmed that the surge in aid had begun.

Associated Press footage showed dozens of trucks crossing the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing. The Egyptian Red Crescent said the trucks included medical supplies, tents, blankets, food and fuel.

The trucks will then head to the inspection area in the Kerem Shalom crossing for screening by Israeli troops.

Footage from media outlets in Gaza also showed trucks passing through Khan Younis and Wadi Gaza, in the Strip’s center, on their way to Gaza City, in the north.

The trucks were guarded by club-wielding men whose identity and affiliation were unclear.

قافلة شاحنات محملة بالمساعدات تمر عبر خان يونس في #غزة #العربية pic.twitter.com/rfUCFnRTuW

— العربية (@AlArabiya) October 12, 2025

Other footage also showed Gazans walking around an abandoned Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution site in the Netzarim Corridor area of central Gaza.

The site of the controversial, US- and Israeli-backed group was abandoned as the IDF withdrew from the area on Friday, kicking off a 72-hour countdown for Hamas to release the remaining 48 hostages under the ceasefire deal.

In southern Gaza, according to the Kan public broadcaster, Israel asked the GHF to close........

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